City of Morgan Hill Public Safety Master Plan

ATTACHMENT II

TABLE 8-20: Content and Property Loss – Structure and Outside Fires

MHFD

Property Loss

Content Loss

Call Type

Loss Value

Number of Calls

Loss Value

Number of Calls

Outside fire

$172,620

18

$84,020

13

Structure fire

$11,500

3

$8,560

4

Total

$184,120

21

$92,580

17

SSCCFD

Property Loss

Content Loss

Call Type

Loss Value

Number of Calls

Loss Value

Number of Calls

Outside fire

$611,200

43

$209,850

26

Structure fire

$2,499,700

19

$331,600

14

Total

$3,110,900

62

$541,450

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Note: This analysis only includes calls with recorded loss greater than 0.

Observations:

Overall ■ Out of 164 outside fires, 61 had recorded property loss, with a combined $783,820 in loss.

■ 39 outside fires also had content loss with a combined $293,870 in loss.

■ Out of 28 structure fires, 22 had recorded property loss, with a combined $2,511,200 in loss.

■ 18 structure fires also had content loss with a combined $340,160 in loss.

■ The average total loss for structure fires was $123,972.

MHFD ■ Out of 57 outside fires, 18 had recorded property loss, with a combined $172,620 in loss.

■ 13 outside fires also had content loss with a combined $84,020 in loss.

■ Out of five structure fires, three had recorded property loss, with a combined $11,500 in loss.

■ Four structure fires also had content loss with a combined $8,560 in loss.

■ The average total loss for structure fires was $5,015.

SSCCFD ■ Out of 107 outside fires, 43 had recorded property loss, with a combined $611,200 in loss.

■ 26 outside fires also had content loss with a combined $209,850 in loss.

■ Out of 23 structure fires, 19 had recorded property loss, with a combined $2,499,700 in loss.

■ 14 structure fires also had content loss with a combined $331,600 in loss.

■ The average total loss for structure fires was $149,016.

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